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Gamble pays off

AFP, Madrid
When things went stale at Barcelona under Frank Rijkaard, it was Catalan born-and-bred Pep Guardiola who was entrusted with the task of resurrecting the club and ending Real Madrid's dominance.
Guardiola has come up
trumps in his maiden season, surpassing all expectations as Barcelona ended two seasons without a trophy with a Spanish league and Kings Cup double which could become an historic treble with the Champions League final still to come.
Many felt Guardiola was a risk as he had no top-flight managerial experience but people inside Camp Nou raved about his work with the youth team and he was handed the high-profile, top job in the summer.
The 38-year-old already had a huge reputation at Barcelona after captaining the club during Johan Cruyff's golden period and as a player he won six league titles and the 1992 European Cup.
Guardiola made a smart move early on in getting rid of the underperforming Ronaldinho and Deco, who joined AC Milan and Chelsea respectively.
He then bought well with Dani Alves and Seydou Keita arriving from Sevilla for a combined 44 million euros and Gerard Pique captured from Manchester United for an undis-
closed fee.
However, it was a difficult start in La Liga for Guardiola who collected just one point from the first six - the club's worst start since 1974.
He refused to panic and results came, wrapped up in a thrilling brand of football.
"Winning is always the target but an attractive, attacking game pleases the public," said Guardiola.
With the trio of Lionel Messi, Xavi and Andres Iniesta wreaking havoc, Barca tore teams to shreds and the work-rate and will-to-win was in stark contrast to the lacklustre displays under Rijkaard for the previous two seasons.
Barcelona often employed the tactic of killing teams off in the first half by setting a frenetic pace and Atletico Madrid, one of the best sides in the league, found that out early in the season when they were 4 -1 down after just 17 minutes, eventually losing 6-1.
At the halfway stage of 19 games. Barcelona had set a new record of 50 points beating Real's record of 47 points set last season.
Barcelona beat Real 2-0 in the first 'Clasico' against Real in mid-December and it looked like the tide would be wrapped up early with Madrid 12 points adrift.
But Real stormed back widi an 18-game unbeaten run under new coach Juande Ramos and Guardiola suddenly fell the heat with defeats to Espanyol and Adetico Madrid but. when it mattered most, his team delivered.
With Real four points behind going into the second 'Clasico' at die Santiago Bernabeu,
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Barcelona were under some pressure but they responded with their best display of the season to win 6-2.
"It is not easy to win at the Bernabeu and winning by this margin against a team of Real's calibre is incredible," said Guardiola at the time.
" It is a memorable night. It is one of the happiest days of my footballing life. I am so happy because we have made a lot of people happy."
Guardiola had completed a league double over Real and then watched his side edge past Chelsea in the Champions League semifinals with Andres Iniesta's dramatic stoppage time goal in London.
The Barca coach had been cool for most of the season but showed his fiery side in Europe,
being sent to the stands for complaining after Lionel Messi was booked for diving in the last 16, first leg match with Bayern Munich.
Guardiola usually kept his emotions in check when his team were winning, which was a lot of the time, but was racing down the touchline after Barca's late win over Chelsea.
The former Brescia player now has the chance to join the illustrious club of men to win the Champions League as a player and manager if he can guide Barca past Manchester United on May 27.
No Spanish side has ever won the treble and having already won a league and Kings Cup double Manchester United are all that stand between Guardiola making history in his debut season.